JANUARY 2006 NEWSLETTER
SAN DIEGO OSTEOPATHIC MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
Phone: 619-579-2946
Fax: 619-579-2453
www.sdoma.org

SDOMA MONTHLY MEETING:

WHEN:          THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 2006
                        Cocktails – 6:30 PM
                        Dinner/Lecture – 7:00 PM

WHERE:        Double Tree Hotel, Mission Valley,
                        7450 Hazard Center Drive – Phone: 619-297-5466

SPEAKER:    Larry I Emdur, D.O.

TOPIC:          New Immuno-Therapy for the Treatment of Asthma.

SPONSOR:   Dinner and speaker honorarium provided by a grant from Genentech.

RSVP:           To Attend, please respond by Monday, January 9, 2006. Be sure to include your name
                       and number of attendees. RSVP by phone (619-579-2946), by email at surgeons@sdcacs.org.
                       2 HOURS CATEGORY 1A HOURS CME, ANTICIPATED.

                                Yes I , ___________________________________, plan to attend.

SDOMA Dues: It's that time of year again. Please update your contact information and pay your SDOMA dues for 2006 with the membership application (renewal) included. You will only be receiving a membership application if we have not heard for you by the date of our mailing..SDOMA does not exist without your support. Any additional contributions to the SDOMA treasury will be acknowledged and appreciated.

SDOMA CME Hours: SDOMA members earned more than 625 category 1-A CME hours for their attendance at our monthly meetings in 2005. If you are receiving your newsletter by mail or fax you will be receiving your yearly summery with this newsletter. If you receive your newsletter by email and have a fax number in the SDOMA database, you will receive your summary by fax. Additionally, original copies will be available at our January meeting. Only those who have signed the sing0in sheet and returned a program evaluation, as required will be receiving their summaries. If you need additional updates of your hours during the year, please contact Jim Cox at 619-579-2946.

SDOMA Election 2006: If you have paid your SDOMA dues for 2005, or are a retired physician and returned your 2005 membership application, you received a ballot with your December newsletter. There is still time to vote for your 2006 SDOMA leadership. Please return your ballot by January 12, 2006 as, according to the SDOMA bylaws, we need a minimum number of ballots returned to make the election valid. Results will be announced and new officers installed at our January 12, 2006 meeting.

YOUR 2005 LEADERSHIP:

President:	Melissa Vourlitis, D.O.	Office Phone:	858-514-3700
Vice-President:	Andrew Bullock, D.O.	Office Phone:	760-438-4466
Secretary:	Hollis H. King, D.O.	Office Phone:	858-587-1822
Treasurer:	Louis Rosen, D.O.	Office Phone:	619-516-6260
Past President:	J. Kim Thiringer, D.O.	Office Phone:	619-532-9604